The Safe Water Initiative: Household Water Treatment as Part of the Solution to Water-Borne Disease -- Strategies, Context, and Implications

Abstract:

Austin will present an overview of PATH, the Program for Appropriate Technology in Health. He will provide context for PATH's Safe Water Program, including water, sanitation, and hygiene issues. He will discuss water contaminants and their health impacts. He will review water supply, hauling, and storage. He will describe household point-of-use water treatment methods. Next, he will review the project approach. He will wrap up with some water case studies from India and Africa.

Klug will provide an overview of the American Water Resources Association. Next, each panelist will describe their educational and work backgrounds. They will also describe a variety of projects they have managed. Finally, ...

Gale will begin with an overview of water issues in the developing world. It's all about money: massive investment is needed, but long-term investments can be scarce. Privatization has become a term that creates conflict, ...

Public water utilities have increasingly turned to increasing block rate price structures to reduce water consumption and signal the high environmental costs of water supply. Hsu evaluates the impact of a new and substantially ...